[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7767]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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Date: January 13, 2006.

Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Place: Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution NW., Washington, 
DC 20230, Room 4830.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 
(ETTAC) will hold a plenary meeting on January 13, 2006, at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, in Room 4830. The ETTAC will discuss global 
climate change mitigation initiatives, the European Union's electronic 
and other waste initiatives, updated negotiations in the World Trade 
Organization's environmental goods and services trade liberalization, 
the Export-Import Bank's environmental exports program, U.S. EPA's 
Environmental Technologies Verification (ETV) Program, the USG role in 
the Asia-Pacific Partnership, and an overview of the U.S. International 
Trade Commission's environmental services sector market analysis. The 
meeting is open to the public and time will be permitted for public 
comment.
    Written comments concerning ETTAC affairs are welcome anytime 
before or after the meeting. Minutes will be available within 30 days 
of this meeting.
    The ETTAC is mandated by Public Law 103-392. It was created to 
advise the U.S. government on environmental trade policies and 
programs, and to help it to focus its resources on increasing the 
exports of the U.S. environmental industry. ETTAC operates as an 
advisory committee to the Secretary of Commerce and the Trade Promotion 
Coordinating Committee (TPCC). ETTAC was originally chartered in May of 
1994. It was most recently rechartered until May 30, 2006.
    For further information phone Ellen Bohon, Office of Energy and 
Environmental Technologies Industries (OEEI), International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0359. This 
meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests 
for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be 
directed to OEEI at (202) 482-5225.

    Dated: December 15, 2005.
Joe O. Neuhoff,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
 [FR Doc. E5-7767 Filed 12-22-05; 8:45 am]
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